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Olympic ArtNational Fitness by Li Hongjun, Chinese painting, 213×631cm, 2019, collected in the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC). courtesy of NAMOC“Arts and letters harmoniously combined with sport assured the greatness of the Olympics… because athletics education exerts at least the same action on the m...
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Prosperity in Farmer PaintingsWorking Hard for the Realization of Chinese Dream by Feng Aidong, 102×150cm.A red rooster leaps onto a festive rural opera stage, livestreamers hawk products against a backdrop of lucid waters and lush mountains, and a galloping high-speed train slices through a field of waving rice like butter. Su...
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Wang Tongren: The Ox PainterGalloping, 453×335mm, 1997.The Moon Tower in Beijing Purple Bamboo Park is now adorned with an impressive variety of ox paintings all over its walls. The oxen in various positions with different expressions all seem lifelike. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, 2021 is the Year of the Ox. The...
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Artworks of Chinese spirit to connect two nations far awayLotus, a print by Guang Jun on show.The art of presenting a spiritual atmosphere and a philosophical take with loose strokes, named xieyi, often brings out the soul of Chinese art.This highly expressive approach has been employed in the creation of other forms of art as well, such as sculptures, oil...
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Artist with a bird's eye viewImagination soars above the ordinary as illustrator paints a whole new world, Li Yingxue reports.When Liu Jiaxi looks at a bunch of sparrows, in her eyes, she imagines them as a group of schoolchildren in traditional clothes on a study tour, with each having his or her own attitude and characteristi...
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Pictures worth a thousand wordsIn an article, Wu Longhan, a 13th-century poet, wrote that, "when someone finds a landscape too difficult to depict, they can complete it by adding a poem on the composition; when someone finds a poem too difficult to finish, they can write it on a painting to achieve the desired effect".L...
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